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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6209-6211, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6209-6211.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Transmission of a Panton-Valentine Leucocidin-Positive, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain between Humans and a Dog

E. van Duijkeren,1* M. J. H. M. Wolfhagen,2 M. E. O. C. Heck,3 and W. J. B. Wannet3

Bacteriology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands,1 Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Isala Clinics, Zwolle, The Netherlands,2 National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, Bilthoven, The Netherlands3

Received 1 July 2005/ Returned for modification 17 July 2005/ Accepted 10 September 2005

Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains with identical resistance patterns were cultured from recurrent infections of a 51-year-old patient, her healthy husband, son, and dog, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that all MRSA strains were indistinguishable.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Bacteriology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80165, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 30 253 1242. Fax: 31 30 253 3199. E-mail: E.duijkeren{at}vet.uu.nl.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6209-6211, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6209-6211.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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